# كف
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ك ف ف (k f f)
* 7 terms

#### Verb

كَفَّ • (kaffa) I (non-past يَكُفُّ (yakuffu), verbal noun كَفّ (kaff))
* (intransitive, constructed with عَن (ʕan)) to desist or to cease
* (transitive) to hem, to skirt
* (intransitive, constructed with مِنْْ (min)) to curb, to contain, to constrict
* (transitive, constructed with ْعَن (ʕan)) to hinder, to keep somebody off from something
** وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًاhttps://quran.com/48:24And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allāh, of what you do, Seeing.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

* Root
* ك ف ف (k f f)
* 7 terms
From Proto-Semitic *kapp-. Cognate with Hebrew כף (kaf).

#### Noun

كَفّ • (kaff) f (dual كَفَّانِ (kaffāni), plural كُفُوف (kufūf) or أَكُفّ (ʔakuff))
* palm of the hand, the inner surface of the hand from wrist to finger tips
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:42:وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* paw, foot, claw
* handful
    Synonym: حَفْنة (ḥafna)
* scale (balance)
* glove
* quire
* bar (of candy)

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: چَف (čaff)
* Maltese: keff
* Moroccan Arabic: كف (kaff)
* → Classical Persian: کَفّ (kaff)

#### Noun

كَفّ • (kaff) m
* verbal noun of كَفَّ (kaffa) (form I) – abstaining, abstention, cessation, desistance, discontinuation, refraining, stoppage, suspension

##### Declension
## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ك ف ف
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic كَفّ (kaff), from Proto-Semitic *kapp-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaff/, [kaf]

### Noun

كف • (kaff) m (dual كَفِّين (kaffēn), plural كُفوف (kufūf))
* palm of the hand
* thwack, slap
* scale (balance)

#### Derived terms

* أَعْطى كَف (ʔaʕṭa kaff, “to slap”, verb)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian کف (kaf, “foam, froth”).

#### Noun

كف • (kef)
* froth, foam, scum, lather
    Synonym: كوپوك (köpük)

##### Derived terms

* كف دریا (kef darya, “pumice stone”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kef
* → Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef)

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef4”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Spuma”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1588
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3975
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kef”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ (kaff, “palm of the hand, hand, paw”).

#### Noun

كف • (kef) (plural اكف)
* hand, the part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist
    Synonyms: ال (el), دست (dest), ید (yed)
* palm of the hand, the inner and concave part of the hand
    Synonyms: آوج (avuc), آیا (aya)
* paw, the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped
    Synonym: پنچه (pençe)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kef

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Vola”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1785
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3975
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic كَفّ (kaff, “abstention”).

#### Noun

كف • (kef)
* waiver, desistance, withdrawal, an act of withdrawing
* (prosody) drop of the last consonant of the feet

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kef

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kef3”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2520
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كف”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3976
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1557

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ك ف ف
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic كَفّ (kaff).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaff/, [kaf]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

كفّ • (kaff) m (plural كفوف (kfūf))
* palm (of the hand)
    Synonym: كفة (kaffe)
* sole (of the foot)
    Synonym: كفة (kaffe)
* glove
* slap (in the face)